Fire crews were called to two separate blazes involving cars on Somerset's roads on Thursday evening (July 6).

Three fire appliances from Yeovil and Martock went to the A3088 Cartgate Link Road near Yeovil just after 6.15pm after the driver of an LPG-fuelled 4x4 called emergency services to say it was on fire.

A fire service spokesman said: "Shortly after our initial crew arrived on scene they confirmed the vehicle was well alight, the LPG cylinder was involved, and set to work extinguishing it with one main jet, one hose reel jet and two breathing apparatus wearers, while constantly monitoring the temperature of the LPG cylinder, using a thermal imaging camera.

"Crews brought the incident under control at 6.49pm. Although the fire had been extinguished crews still had to monitor the ambient temperature of the cylinder.

"Once satisfied that it had cooled sufficiently and was safe, duty of care was left with the owner, awaiting recovery."